Owen, nominated for being Town Crier and Sword Bearer, first as deputy from 2001 and in office from 2005 to the present day. Owen has represented the town with pride and dignity both in this country and abroad.

In all aspects of her life Ellen made her time count, not only with regards to her family and friends, but also the wider community and society. Ellen did so regardless of significant adversity facing her, overcoming it to fulfil her role of Chair of Governors for Noremarsh School, supporting the relief effort during the Calais refugee crisis, acting in support of Oxfam’s International Woman’s Day, fundraising for Cancer Research and through ‘Ellen’s Army’